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E-SERMON: INTENTIONAL DISCIPLESHIP 2010
Posted on Monday, January 18, 2010
17 January
Combined Service
Senior Pastor Jeff Chong
We need to prepare ourselves to be the new wineskin
1. Prepare our lives
2. Prepare our leadership
a. We need to have the right character
b. We need to be competent
3. Prepare our base camp
a. Unless the Lord build the house, we labour in pain >> so that we can reach out locally and globally
b. “Building Up” ; “Reaching Out”
c. We are as strong as “everyone is strong”
(Matthew 28:18-20)
18Then Jesus came to them and said, "All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. 19Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in[a] the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, 20and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age."
Becoming a disciple
A disciple is defined as:
- a follower
- a trained person
- one who embraces and assist in spreading the teachings of another
Jesus desire us to be disciple.
Crowd + Disciple
(Matthew 14: 22)
Jesus Walks on the Water
22Immediately Jesus made the disciples get into the boat and go on ahead of him to the other side, while he dismissed the crowd.
(Matthew 23:11)
11The greatest among you will be your servant.
He loved the crowd but he wants the crowd to grow up to be disciple.
There is a difference between crowd and disciple.
God wants us to be a disciple.
A) DISCIPLE ACQUIRES GOOD SPIRITUAL HABITS
GODS AIM
What are God’s aim?
They are necessary habits that help disciple to stay in line with God’s purpose for them. Therefore, spiritual habits are important.
G – Gathering
O – Outreach
D – Devotion
S – Stewardship
A – Abstinence
I – Intercession
M – Ministering to God
(Isaiah 43:18-19)
18 "Forget the former things;
do not dwell on the past.
19 See, I am doing a new thing!
Now it springs up; do you not perceive it?
I am making a way in the desert
and streams in the wasteland.
Do things in a fresh way!
B) DISCIPLE TAKES PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY FOR THEIR SPIRITUAL LIVES
Spend time to do devotion, pray, fasting, outreach >> These are spiritual habits.
(Psalms 23:1)
A psalm of David.
1 The LORD is my shepherd, I shall not be in want.
Most abuse verse
C) DISCIPLE POSSESS GODLY ATTITUDES
The beautiful attitude brings about God’s approval
(Luke 14:25-27)
The Cost of Being a Disciple
25Large crowds were traveling with Jesus, and turning to them he said: 26"If anyone comes to me and does not hate his father and mother, his wife and children, his brothers and sisters—yes, even his own life—he cannot be my disciple. 27And anyone who does not carry his cross and follow me cannot be my disciple.
“I want to be a true disciple of Jesus Christ!”
D) BECOMING A DISCIPLEMAKER
A true disciple makes disciples
(Matthew 28:18-20)
18Then Jesus came to them and said, "All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. 19Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in[a] the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, 20and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age."
(Galatians 4:19)
19My dear children, for whom I am again in the pains of childbirth until Christ is formed in you,
E) DISCIPLEMAKERS ARE INTENTIONAL TO TEACH AND TO MODEL
(Matthew 5:19b)
19Anyone who breaks one of the least of these commandments and teaches others to do the same will be called least in the kingdom of heaven, but whoever practices and teaches these commands will be called great in the kingdom of heaven.
(2Timothy 3:10)
Paul's Charge to Timothy
10You, however, know all about my teaching, my way of life, my purpose, faith, patience, love, endurance,
Frequency of meet-up is important. We got to be intentional.
(Philipians 3:10-11)
10I want to know Christ and the power of his resurrection and the fellowship of sharing in his sufferings, becoming like him in his death, 11and so, somehow, to attain to the resurrection from the dead
Combined Service
Senior Pastor Jeff Chong
We need to prepare ourselves to be the new wineskin
1. Prepare our lives
2. Prepare our leadership
a. We need to have the right character
b. We need to be competent
3. Prepare our base camp
a. Unless the Lord build the house, we labour in pain >> so that we can reach out locally and globally
b. “Building Up” ; “Reaching Out”
c. We are as strong as “everyone is strong”
(Matthew 28:18-20)
18Then Jesus came to them and said, "All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. 19Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in[a] the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, 20and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age."
Becoming a disciple
A disciple is defined as:
- a follower
- a trained person
- one who embraces and assist in spreading the teachings of another
Jesus desire us to be disciple.
Crowd + Disciple
(Matthew 14: 22)
Jesus Walks on the Water
22Immediately Jesus made the disciples get into the boat and go on ahead of him to the other side, while he dismissed the crowd.
(Matthew 23:11)
11The greatest among you will be your servant.
He loved the crowd but he wants the crowd to grow up to be disciple.
There is a difference between crowd and disciple.
God wants us to be a disciple.
A) DISCIPLE ACQUIRES GOOD SPIRITUAL HABITS
GODS AIM
What are God’s aim?
They are necessary habits that help disciple to stay in line with God’s purpose for them. Therefore, spiritual habits are important.
G – Gathering
O – Outreach
D – Devotion
S – Stewardship
A – Abstinence
I – Intercession
M – Ministering to God
(Isaiah 43:18-19)
18 "Forget the former things;
do not dwell on the past.
19 See, I am doing a new thing!
Now it springs up; do you not perceive it?
I am making a way in the desert
and streams in the wasteland.
Do things in a fresh way!
B) DISCIPLE TAKES PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY FOR THEIR SPIRITUAL LIVES
Spend time to do devotion, pray, fasting, outreach >> These are spiritual habits.
(Psalms 23:1)
A psalm of David.
1 The LORD is my shepherd, I shall not be in want.
Most abuse verse
C) DISCIPLE POSSESS GODLY ATTITUDES
The beautiful attitude brings about God’s approval
(Luke 14:25-27)
The Cost of Being a Disciple
25Large crowds were traveling with Jesus, and turning to them he said: 26"If anyone comes to me and does not hate his father and mother, his wife and children, his brothers and sisters—yes, even his own life—he cannot be my disciple. 27And anyone who does not carry his cross and follow me cannot be my disciple.
“I want to be a true disciple of Jesus Christ!”
D) BECOMING A DISCIPLEMAKER
A true disciple makes disciples
(Matthew 28:18-20)
18Then Jesus came to them and said, "All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. 19Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in[a] the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, 20and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age."
(Galatians 4:19)
19My dear children, for whom I am again in the pains of childbirth until Christ is formed in you,
E) DISCIPLEMAKERS ARE INTENTIONAL TO TEACH AND TO MODEL
(Matthew 5:19b)
19Anyone who breaks one of the least of these commandments and teaches others to do the same will be called least in the kingdom of heaven, but whoever practices and teaches these commands will be called great in the kingdom of heaven.
(2Timothy 3:10)
Paul's Charge to Timothy
10You, however, know all about my teaching, my way of life, my purpose, faith, patience, love, endurance,
Frequency of meet-up is important. We got to be intentional.
(Philipians 3:10-11)
10I want to know Christ and the power of his resurrection and the fellowship of sharing in his sufferings, becoming like him in his death, 11and so, somehow, to attain to the resurrection from the dead
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